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sufficient

/suh-fish-uhnt/US // səˈfɪʃ ənt //UK // (səˈfɪʃənt) //

充分,足够的,充分的,足够

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection.
    • : Logic. such that its existence leads to the occurrence of a given event or the existence of a given thing.Compare necessary.
    • : Archaic. competent.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.enough, adequate

Examples

  • Three additional mass vaccination sites at yet-to-be announced locations in Western, Eastern and Southern Maryland will open in March if sufficient doses are available, Hogan said.

  • Some, like malaria or Ebola, have animal reservoirs, which means that ensuring no humans are sick isn’t sufficient to stamp them out.

  • Others said there wasn’t sufficient evidence to show that new proposals would be fairer or more effective.

  • The county says it’s open to building this sort of activity into its long-term climate action plan, but bemoans that it does not yet have sufficient data to quantify, monitor and report the amount of carbon the practice can sequester.

  • When compared to high tech triple-layer waterproof winter gloves, you will find that leather gloves will not be quite as warm — but for most cold climates a lined leather glove will be sufficient to keep your hands warm.

  • “The level of outside support… has not been sufficient enough for them to distance themselves from al Nusra,” Cafarella said.

  • It's probably necessary for success in the long term, but it's far, far, far from sufficient.

  • Suspicion of exposure to Ebola, for example, is sufficient to justify mandatory isolation.

  • The scientists were able to extract sufficient DNA from the roots, and they did indeed find the virus fossils.

  • Whitefish, Montana, where NPI is based, is apparently not sufficient.

  • The Texians laughed at the fanfarronades of the dons, and did not attach sufficient importance to these formidable preparations.

  • What he has done in any one species or distinct kind of writing would have been sufficient to have acquired him a great name.

  • The engineer officer charged with preparing the line of retreat reported that the one bridge across the Elster was not sufficient.

  • Then he cut away the knobs by which he climbed to it, until there was barely sufficient for his own tiny toes to rest on.

  • I have only set down part of this Peal, which is sufficient to shew the course and method thereof.